Visiting Indian Ruins with our Neighbor, Peter Stiles

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We drove off North of town to visit some state ranchland looking to visit some Native American ruins that Peter knows about.
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The vehicles.
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Desertscape.
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Peter and Taun We eye each other.
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Poor Genubi got a lot of cactus thorns in his feet, and his mounth (yes, that did really happen).
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Peter Stiles shows Gwen a potsherd.
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with Golden Retriever, Andy.
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Gwen Barnes and Schamali.
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Some silica-rich rocks we encountered on the way.
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Our hairy girls, Taun We and Schamali.
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This may be the cactus that Genubi tried to eat.
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Andy.
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Genubi and Taun We.
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Schamali manages to look very comfortable when she's lazing around in dirt.
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Peter, describing what this place might have looked like 500-1000 years ago.
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And I wonder why I have this slow leak in my tire, now.
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Gwen, with teddy bear Cholla.
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